Installing python3 modules

[Barry Scott]

> On 26 Dec 2020, at 17:13, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> 
> Running Slackware-14.2/x86_64 here. I'm trying to learn if any installed
> applications are still dependent on Python2 (version 2.7.17 installed) as
> its EOL is this coming Thursday and I want to clean out all Python2 modules
> and replace them with their Python3 versions (3.9 installed here). This
> raises several questions.
> 
> First, I had to remove, reinstall, and upgrade pip. The pip web page says
> it's compatible with python2 and 3 through 3.8. Does this mean it still does
> not support Python3.9?

It works great with 3.9. which web psge did you see the claim on?

Barry

> 
> Second, pip installed itself in /usr/lib64/python2/site-packages/, not the
> python3.9/site-packages/ directory. There's not a pip3 so how do I get pip
> and all other python modules in the python3.9/site-packages/ directory?
> 
> As an occasional coder (for my own business uses) I'm far from an advanced
> python user.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich
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